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Kick-off meeting of the BMBF funding line "Quantitative Research on Science" in Berlin (22-23/11.)

Since March 2018 the Chair Group of Agricultural Production and Resource Economics and the HIS Institute for Higher Education Development work on the project ELEWI, which is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of its funding line "Quantitative Research on Science".…

Chair Group welcomes PhD candidates from all over Germany for the course “Technology and Innovation in the Agricultural Sector – Theoretical and Empirical Approaches” (19-23/11)

As part of the Doctoral Certificate Program in Agricultural Economics, a program conducted jointly by several German universities and research institutes, the Chair Group of Agricultural Production and Resource Economics gives a one week course dealing with technology and innovation in agriculture.…

Professor Heißenhuber discusses challenges for German agriculture at an expert meeting of the Federal Environment Agency in Berlin

Agriculture in Germany as in other parts of the world faces tremendous challenges. Farmers are required to provide affordable food for a growing population without compromising other ecosystem services. In 2010 and against this background, the German Federal Environment Agency founded an expert…

Professor Sauer participates at the 22nd meeting of the OECD Network for Farm-Level Analysis in Paris (15-16/9)

New publication: Gallardo, R. K.; Sauer, J. "Adoption of Labor-Saving Technologies in Agriculture". Annual Review of Resource Economics.

Professor Sauer gives presentation entitled "Drivers of farm performance – The case of Norway” at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research in Oslo (10/10)

Maria Vrachioli presents research results about impacts of alternative irrigation technology in Crete at Wageningen University & Research

Professor Sauer leads working group at the summer academy of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes in Olang (2-15/9)

Since more than 45 years spring and summer academies are the core of the non-material support of the program of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, an organisation for the promotion of talented students. Intensive work, renowned lecturers, particular locations and free space for creativity -…

Successful third research stay in China

The TUM Global Incentive Fund allowed Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer to spend another week in China (16-23/8) exploring new and intensifying existing cooperations. This time they visited the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing as well as the Center for Agricultural and…

We are pleased to welcome Christian Stetter in our team.

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